CVE-2025-14123

Status: DeferredMedium (6.8)—

The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.11. This is due to the plugin saving arbitrary meta keys under a registered option name without sufficient capability checks or key allowlist / restrictions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to set an arbitrary role (e.g., Administrator) when performing a profile update if a plugin or theme using this framework has added at least one user profile field that leverages Redux_Users::set_profile/set_section/set_field.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base score: 6.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 14
Score date: 10/14/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement72 %
Primary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Secondary impactT1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissionspersistence · privilege escalation78 %

Acceso autenticado en red (PR:L, AV:N) sin interacción. Escalada de privilegios a Administrator mediante campos de perfil de usuario sin validación de capacidades (CWE-269). T1098.002 por modificación de cuentas existentes.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Disable or Remove Feature or Program Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Redux Framework — Redux Framework^AI

CWEs

CWE-269

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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